[ dɪ'mɒlɪʃ ]
■ verb
1》 pull or knock down (a building).
2》 comprehensively refute or defeat.
3》 humorous eat up (food) quickly.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
C16: from Fr. démoliss- , lengthened stem of démolir , from L. demoliri , from de- (expressing reversal) + moliri 'construct'.